The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-06-09
MEMORIAL. DAY ADDRESS.
Delivered at.AIllanCs by Ex'Siate School
Commissioner Leroy D. Brown.
Speech OF a Veteran, Who Passed Through
the Trying Wines of the Late Rebel
lion.-A Magnificent Resume OF
the War and It's Results.

noon the graves III bn6 hlllHuvo ooIno.oL .
we're decorated and address whien !
given below was delivered by conrad
Leroy D. Brown, OF Wetzel Compto'
Post Hamilton. o. In the evening tn
Sons OF Veterans gave good entertain
ment to q large audience. Some rail-
fell In the evening which 6ampened
few spring bonnets, but which plesse'
the grsngeTs.
Following is the addEess Of Hon
Leroy D, Brown:
''THE LESSONS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
COMRADES AND FELLOW CITIzENs:-Le
ma thank E}od for another Decoration
Dav /; is pleasant as the years roll on
To look into the faces Of our comrades
and to grasp the hands OF t9Ose NnOn
we have known, trusted anu IOveQ u
the trying times Of war. AS we renee
on the past what emotlOns SUIT OuI
breasts, what thoughts OF tent ana neld
Of camp and march and battle thront
our memories. As the poet has ex
pressed II, Thoughts that 90 Often III
too deep for tears"
Our memories 60 back to the early
days Of the great Civil War which the
crude statesmanshiD Of 1851 was moi
able to avert, The echoes Of the cannon
at Sumpter had not died away until the
lion Of the North was aroused and q
hundred thousand boys In blue had lefI
their homes to fight for their country
Then came Bull Run, Shiloh, Malvern
Hill, Antietam, Stone River, Gettysburg
Vicksburg, Fort Wagner, CbickRmsugar
The wilderness, Atlanta, Cedar Creek
Savannah, App0msttox and
VICTORY FOR THE UNION.
We fought good fight and our foe
was as brave as ourselves. Not home,
North or South, escaped its sorrow
Here father, there q son and y0nder q
brother fell In the charge or died of tis-
ease. Let us thank God that the war Is
over, that all our people are free and
that not one star Of that flag has been
dimmed, or one stripe erased from Its
glorious folds.
The War Of the Rebellion was the re-
suit Of ignorance The South did not
know the tenacity Of purpose, the devo
tiOn to principle, the courage and the
resources of the North. The North did
not recognize the splendid capacity for
military leadership and the advantages
Of defensive warfare possessed by the
South. Had the two sections better an
derstood one another, there would have
been no civil war In this country.
"There are points from which we can command our
life,
When the soul sweeps the future like q glass"
But 1861 was not such point In the
history of our people. At that time
there were but few men who did not be-
lieve that peace would be restored In
less than half year. One great editor
ssi the war would last but breakfast
smell, and there were Senators who &c.
verely criticized Presldennt Lincoln for
calling for volunteers for so long time
as three months. But let 1t be said In
honor Of our people that the
DARKER THE STORM
the greater faith they manifested in
their cause. Even defeat aroused them
to greater efforts and when Holmes sang:
Listen young heroes your country is calling
Time strikes the hour for the brave and the true
Now, while the foremost are fighting and falling,
FIJI up the ranks that have opened for yOu"
the recruiting camps Of the north ever
crowded with volunteers.
The fret great lesson taught by the
civil war was that the Industrious plod-
ding, money making and money saving
north loved their country better than
their lives.
Four years the struggle lasted, but
victory at length perched upon the ban
ners of Grant, Sherman, Thomas and
Sheridan, and the world witnessed the
amazing spectacle of two immense arm
les returning to civil life In day. If
peace hath her victories no less renowned
than war, then the greatest victory In
the history Of this planet was seen In
the United States Of America In 1865
when the Federal and the Confederate
armies were dissolved, and Johnnie"
and "Yank" went
MARCHING HOME AGAIN."
to 20 to work on the farm, In the shops,
behind the counter and at the desk.
"The Union" was saved, and the second
great lesson Of the civil war was that
the cause Of free government shall not
soon perish from this earth.
Having within the last three years
visited all Of the seeding states, and, to
some extent, improved my opportunities
to converse with the southern people,
feel prepared to state that they are loyal
and patriotic, and If wsr should now
come upon US, we should all fight under
the same flag
When the Supreme Architect of the
Universe constructs continent, the
work Is not completed In fortnight.
Earthquakes may outline the the form
Of the continent, or upheave some
islands which will remain above the
sea, coral insects may toll to complete
q fringe for the marine plains, but long
periods of time are required to elevate
the lands, separate them from the waters
and unite them 80 that they may become
the dwelling place Of nations.
The development Of our form Of gov
ernment may be likened to the building
Of continent First few adventurous
and liberty. loving men settled at James |
town, Plymouth and the mouth of the
Hudson. In hundred and seventy-flve |
years the colonies having increased to |
the number Of thirteen declared their |
Independence OF the mother country
and became new government, con-
federation. Then came the adoption Of |
the constitution 10 which many, not all,
OF the relations among the States and
between the States and the general |
government were defined, Then fol- |
lowed the period Of
TERRITORIAL EXPANSION,
which I may say has not terminated,
but which gave us Florida, Louisiana,
and the best part Of Mexico. Then |
arose the question whether we should |
spell nation with o little or big ''n."
The civil war taught Us to use the capl-
tal letter, and our children from the |
Atlantic to the Pacific, from the lakes |
10 the gulf and In distant ALASKA spell
the word "capital Nation Nation"
The Federal period ended and the Ma
tiOnRl period Of our country began at
Appomattox Court House, on the 9th